Lemongrass Soup by Chef Souvir Saran, from Indian Home Cooking by Suvir Saran and Stephanie Lyness. You don’t have to serve traditional bowls of soup: think about different vessels for your soups, like these tall shot glasses.

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Nibble Tip

Take a tip from Rick Tramonto of Chicago’s restaurant Tru. He serves a soup course “tasting plate” of four different soups in demitasse cups. (These look like cappuccino because he foams the tops.) For winter, think mushroom, root vegetable, seafood bisque, and perhaps a coconut-milk based spicy Thai soup. For summer, serve a medley of cold soups: cucumber dill, gazpacho, borscht, and fruit soup. Do you have to make the soups yourself? No—there are so many great take-out soups, just adjust the seasonings and select great garnishes.